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Method of the mussurana’s attack upon the jararaca.
Note the size difference between the two snakes. The mussurana is able to consume comparatively large snakes because its digestive system compresses the body of the other snake into a wave-like shape.
Through the Brazilian Wilderness. Theodore Roosevelt, 1914.

Here’s a jararaca! I’m still gonna find that other one, whether it wants to be found or not…

    biomedicalephemera:

    biomedicalephemera:

    Method of the mussurana’s attack upon the jararaca.

    Note the size difference between the two snakes. The mussurana is able to consume comparatively large snakes because its digestive system compresses the body of the other snake into a wave-like shape.

    Through the Brazilian Wilderness. Theodore Roosevelt, 1914.

    Here’s a jararaca! I’m still gonna find that other one, whether it wants to be found or not…

    (via mudwerks)

    Tagged: president teddy roosevelt theodore roosevelt snake mussurana fer-de-lance reptiles predator natural history nature 1900s 1914 illustration jararaca

    Posted on April 8, 2012 via Biomedical Ephemera, or: A Frog for Your Boils with 516 notes

    Source: biomedicalephemera

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